Start Daniel Jones or Gardner Minshew II? Week 9

Our Week 9 call

Start Daniel Jones over Gardner Minshew II in Week 9.

Market-based projections have Daniel Jones at 14.9 points and Gardner Minshew II at 10.1, a gap of 4.8.

What the market projects

Player markets imply 14.9 fantasy points for Daniel Jones, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Daniel Jones is 204 passing yards, 1-2 passing touchdowns and 0.2 rushing touchdowns (8, 9 and 8 market sources).

Player markets imply 10.1 fantasy points for Gardner Minshew II, with 100 percent of the markets a QB needs posted.

The market-based projection for Gardner Minshew II is 200 passing yards, 0-1 passing touchdowns, 0-1 interceptions, 6 rushing yards and 0.1 rushing touchdowns (7, 7, 7, 7 and 9 market sources).

That puts Daniel Jones 4.8 points ahead of Gardner Minshew II on the market projections.

Week 9 matchups

Daniel Jones and IND host DAL on Sunday at 1:00 PM ET.

DAL allowed 20.5 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 6th most in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 244 yards and 1.9 touchdowns a game against DAL, with 0.4 interceptions a game.

Gardner Minshew II and ARI visit SEA on Sunday at 4:25 PM ET.

SEA allowed 11.9 fantasy points a game to QBs this season over 8 games, the 2nd fewest in the league.

Quarterbacks threw for 169 yards and 1.1 touchdowns a game against SEA, with an interception a game.

By points allowed to the position, Daniel Jones has the softer matchup.

Injury status

Daniel Jones is not on the injury report.

Gardner Minshew II is not on the injury report.

Usage before Week 9

Through Week 8, Daniel Jones played 98 percent of IND snaps, dropped back 299 times and threw an average of 7.5 air yards per attempt.

Daniel Jones, Week 5 against PIT: 71 of 71 snaps, 24 of 44 passes for 267 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 3 carries for 4 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 6 against TEN: 83 of 83 snaps, 22 of 41 passes for 269 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 30 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 7 against MIN: 58 of 58 snaps, 13 of 22 passes for 108 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, 4 carries for 13 yards.

Daniel Jones, Week 8 against JAX: 48 of 61 snaps, 19 of 28 passes for 144 yards, 1 touchdown and 2 interceptions, 3 carries for 8 yards.

Through Week 8, Gardner Minshew II played 42 percent of ARI snaps, dropped back 21 times and threw an average of 6.8 air yards per attempt.

Gardner Minshew II, Week 8 against DAL: 34 of 81 snaps, 17 of 20 passes for 188 yards, 3 touchdowns and 0 interceptions.

Their 2025 seasons

In 2025, Daniel Jones played 13 games for IND and scored 234.4 PPR points, 18.0 a game, finishing QB17.

He completed 261 of 384 passes for 3101 yards, 19 touchdowns and 8 interceptions, and ran 45 times for 164 yards and 5 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 91 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

In 2025, Gardner Minshew II played 4 games for KC and scored 0.7 PPR points, 0.2 a game, finishing QB72.

He completed 6 of 13 passes for 37 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, and ran 6 times for 2 yards and 0 touchdowns.

He was on the field for 4 percent of the offense's snaps in the games he played.

Gardner Minshew II, Week 16 of 2025 against TEN: 14 of 45 snaps, 3 of 8 passes for 15 yards, 0 touchdowns and 0 interceptions, 1 carry for 8 yards, 1.4 PPR points.

Gardner Minshew II, Week 15 of 2025 against LAC: 5 of 61 snaps, 3 of 5 passes for 22 yards, 0 touchdowns and 1 interception, -0.1 PPR points.

Their other Week 9 calls

• Start Baker Mayfield over Daniel Jones.
• Start Bo Nix over Daniel Jones.
• Start Bryce Young over Daniel Jones.
• Start Baker Mayfield over Gardner Minshew II.
• Start Bryce Young over Gardner Minshew II.
• Start Deshaun Watson over Gardner Minshew II.